Education, Training, Experience, etc. Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:
Have a good general level of education
Have had at least two years satisfactory experience of library work
Duties & Responsibilities
The duties of the Senior Library Assistant will be consistent with the provision of a modern public library service that is responsive to the changing requirements of customers of all ages and abilities and will include but are not limited to: • Overseeing and delivering core frontline library services (including online), • House-keeping and cataloguing functions within the Library Management System, • Maintaining, developing, and promoting collections and services, • Answering enquiries, helping students and researchers, • Providing mediated access to library resources in-house and online, • Using and promoting new technologies and assisting the public in using technology such as self- service, Internet, online resources, digital equipment, iPads, Android tablets etc., • Recommending appropriate books for children and adults of different reading levels and interests, • Organising, promoting and delivering events and activities such as storytelling / rhyme time, workshops on library IT, book clubs, class visits, lectures, community events, festivals publications, exhibitions etc., • Assisting in the implementation of the Right to Read, Healthy Ireland at Your Library and other programmes, • Providing outreach services to schools and other community organisations, • Selecting, sorting, processing, and distributing stock, • General administration and financial administration duties incl. financial processing, maintaining and reviewing statistical records, gathering and compiling information, and reporting on service Forging and maintaining links between the library, Wicklow County Council services, the education sector and the community, • Providing cover in other libraries when required to maintain opening hours and services, • Managing of the building / facility and service in absence of more senior officer, • Administration of buildings / facility and equipment maintenance programme, • Ensuring high standards of health and safety and child protection, • Proposing ways of delivering better services, and developing such proposals, • Contributing to and implementing Wicklow County Council, Library Service and other policies and plans, • Supporting senior staff in service planning and delivery, • Any other duties as required by the County Librarian. These duties are indicative rather than exhaustive and are carried out under general guidance. The duties and responsibilities for this post may vary from time to time.
The holder of the office will be required to hold a valid Irish/EU full driving licence for class B vehicles or a licence acceptable to NDLS for exchange, free from endorsement and disqualification.
Key Competencies for the post of Senior Library Assistant are set out as follows:
Application forms and further particulars including qualifications, duties and competencies for this post are available on our website at www.wicklow.ie